{"product_id":"our-malady-timothy-snyder-9781847926661","title":"Our Malady","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a time of pandemic and tyranny Our Malady is an urgent diagnosis of the vital link between health and freedom \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA virus is not human, but the reaction to it is a measure of humanity.  \n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eAmerica has not measured up well. Tens of thousands are dead for no reason. America is supposed to be about freedom, yet illness and fear make its citizens less free. After all, freedom is meaningless if we are too ill to think about our right to happiness or too weak to pursue it. So, if a government is making its people unhealthy it is also making them unfree.\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e On December 29, 2019, Timothy Snyder fell gravely ill. As he clung to life he found himself reflecting on the fragility of health, not recognized in America as a human right, but without which all rights and freedoms have no meaning. And that was before the pandemic. We have since watched understaffed and undersupplied hospitals buckling under waves of coronavirus patients. The federal American government made matters worse through wilful ignorance, misinformation, and profiteering. \n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eThis passionate intervention outlines the lessons we must all learn, wherever we are, and finds glimmers of hope in dark times. Only by enshrining healthcare as a human right, elevating the authority of doctors and truth, and planning for our children's future, can everyone be properly free.\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eFreedom belongs to individuals. But to be free we need our health, and for our health we need one another.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Timothy Snyder","offers":[{"title":"As New","offer_id":43175169622259,"sku":"7770002865756","price":12.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781847926661.jpg?v=1662071222","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/our-malady-timothy-snyder-9781847926661","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}